A Strip megaresort is making another change to its corporate structure, appointing a former governor and one-time top state regulator to head its board of directors.

Resorts World Las Vegas announced Thursday that Jim Murren would be transitioning to the role of chairman emeritus of the Strip property’s not-yet-1-year-old board of directors. Murren, the longtime MGM Resorts International executive, was recently named interim chief executive officer of the United Arab Emirates’ General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority.

Brian Sandoval, former Nevada governor and current president of the University of Nevada, Reno, will take over as chairman of Resorts World Las Vegas’ board of directors, according to a news release. Sandoval’s resume includes serving as chairman of the Nevada Gaming

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